Rialto Theater

219 S. Jefferson Avenue,
Peoria, IL 61602

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JeffCarlson
JeffCarlson on January 21, 2010 at 5:20 pm

Here’s a link to a vintage shot of the Rialto:

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lostmemory
lostmemory on May 16, 2009 at 6:37 pm

No year is given for this photo

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on May 2, 2009 at 5:03 pm

Here are photos from 1978 and 1985:
http://tinyurl.com/clbr5b
http://tinyurl.com/cqavbt

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on September 22, 2008 at 9:40 pm

On 8/27/51, the Dixon Evening Telegraph announced that the Rialto had been sold to Kerasotes Theaters by the Great States Theater Group. The transfer would be effective as of September 1, 1951.

ABone
ABone on February 18, 2006 at 5:19 pm

For some reason I liked the Rialto best of all 6 downtown Peoria theaters in my time. It was considered 3rd among the first-run houses (after the Madison & Palace) but it sometimes got the “big” pictures held over from the Madison, which never ran any movie more than a week in the ‘40’s & '50’s. It’s a real shame that they couldn’t incorporate it into the Peoria Civic Center as a performing arts center, as some preservationists implored them to do.